During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, inscriptions cast on bronze wares such as bells, ding, money and weapons were called inscriptions on bronze wares, and calligraphy became more and more neat, with a round and vigorous style and various glyphs. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the characters carved on stone drums were called Shi Guwen. The strokes are vigorous and dignified, slightly square in structure and beautiful in style. The above Oracle bones, inscriptions on bronze inscriptions and Shi Guwen were called "Da Zhuan" in Qin Dynasty.
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In the Zhou Dynasty, inscriptions carved on the Yi wares of Zhongding, namely inscriptions on bronze inscriptions, also known as Zhong Dingwen, were widely popular. After the unification of Qin Shihuang, it was collectively called Xiao Zhuan, also known as Qin Zhuan. The so-called seal script is actually an official script. It is a standardized common font for official documents. According to documents, there was no special name for the characters of Chinese characters in the pre-Qin period, and Xiao Zhuan gradually evolved from the characters of Qin State in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Because it is an official book, Xiao Zhuan is only suitable for major occasions, such as remembering merits and carving stones, measuring imperial edicts, playing tiger symbols and so on. The style of standard seal script is neat arrangement, round strokes, even and long lines, showing a solemn and beautiful style. Compared with Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscriptions, the standard seal script has some basic characteristics: the font is slender, the pen force is tight, and it stretches downward, which constitutes the visual illusion that the upper part is dense and the lower part is sparse, which is also related to the top-down layout.
Symmetry of lines No matter how long the stippling is, the strokes are even in thickness. This kind of brush with even strength and speed gives people a pure and simple aesthetic feeling. In addition, the font structure tends to be simple and fixed, and the chapter layout of Xiao Zhuan calligraphy can form a sequence of vertical and horizontal lines. The round pen is different from the round pen, which is represented by Qin carved stone; Fang Bi is a popular style in Qin Zhuan, represented by Qin Zhao (Qin Liang Zhao).
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